Death Penalty

Death Penalty

The death penalty is used extensively in China. It can be imposed for a total of 68 different crimes, including economic crimes. Amnesty International recorded 2,088 death sentences and 1,263 confirmed executions in China during 1999. Between April of 2001, when the latest anti-crime campaign was launched, and July, at least 1,781 people were executed in China and 2,960 people were sentenced to death.